From the oldest Hebrew poems to the last New Testament letters and the deaths of the people who wrote them: when each part of the Bible was written, by whom, how and why.
Scholarly uses the dates most academic historians and biblical scholars give. They often see books as written or edited over generations, sometimes long after the events, and sometimes in a famous person’s name.
Traditional follows the authorship handed down in Judaism and the church (for example, Moses wrote the Torah, Daniel wrote Daniel, Peter wrote 2 Peter). Switch between them and watch the books move.
Many believing scholars hold traditional dates for some books and not others, so these are two ends of a range, not two teams. Every entry shows both, says who holds which view, and why.
Almost everything before about 700 BCE is approximate and debated, so most dates are marked “c.” (circa). There is no year 0: 1 BCE is followed by 1 CE. Bars are spans; dots are single events. † marks a death.
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